Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
Photo by EmpressM Lobster Rolls on the Cheap Chow’s Outer Borough Digest is discussing the Brooklyn’s best lobster rolls, from the splurge-worthy $33 roll at Brooklyn Fish Camp to the best budget rolls. The quarter-pounder roll for $14.95 at Jordan’s Lobster Dock gets a nod, as does the Fairway roll (pictured above) which costs a…
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Lobster Rolls on the Cheap
Chow’s Outer Borough Digest is discussing the Brooklyn’s best lobster rolls, from the splurge-worthy $33 roll at Brooklyn Fish Camp to the best budget rolls. The quarter-pounder roll for $14.95 at Jordan’s Lobster Dock gets a nod, as does the Fairway roll (pictured above) which costs a mere $8.99. It sounds a bit too good to be true, but Serious Eats gets behind Fairway’s lobster roll, too: “if you are a lobster-loving-cheapo (like me) you are going to love this one.”
Big Scandals in Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo
McBrooklyn is following the Busy Chef saga. Here’s the short version — manager Dan Kaufman was arrested for identity theft and credit card forgery after he allegedly stole $25,000 from customers. McBrooklyn says that both Busy Chef locations, the Blue Pig ice cream shop, and Oven restaurant are all closed for business… Meanwhile, Grimaldi’s was shut down by the state for 5 hours last week due to unpaid taxes. The Brooklyn Paper reports that “the pizzeria owed as much as $165,000.”
Quick Bites
Time Out New York says that Williamsburger is now open at 342 Wythe Avenue… Eater reports that Kate’s Brooklyn Joint on Berry and South 2nd in Williamsburg has closed and will be replaced a Mexican place called La Superior. It’ll be “cheap and open late” and is set to open August 4… Eater also says that Brooklyn BarBQ at 6th and 20th is closed and will be reopening next month as Safe Haven Bar and Grill…A Brooklyn Life recommends Fat Cat Wines… BergenCarroll complains that the smoothies at Nectar aren’t made with 100% real fruit… And The Brooklyn Paper laments the closing of Tea Lounge on 7th Avenue in Park Slope.
After the jump: Condo tours under the influence of strawberry daiquiris and a guide to Brooklyn’s Chinatown…
Forté’s Rooftop Tiki Bar
Every Wednesday this summer from 6pm to 8pm, the new rooftop tiki bar (pictured above) atop the Forté condominiums at 230 Ashland Place will host “open houses featuring tropical cocktails, classic summer films and tours of four model homes.”
Exploring Brooklyn’s Chinatown
With the help of tour guide Tom Mylan, “whole animal butcher for the Marlow and Sons empire and Meat Sensei at The Brooklyn Kitchen,” Brooklyn Based leads you to all the best eats in Brooklyn’s Chinatown. One of the highlights is Lan Zhou, where the “crispy, bone-in duck was so good it made me want to slap not only my mama but your mama.”
Uncle Louie Won’t Break Your 20
One Eater tipster spotted a sign in the window of Uncle Louie’s ice cream shop on Smith Street that reads, “NOT Taking $20 bills for orders under $9 At All.” The folks at Eater think that’s out of line: “If you only have $20s, a common predicament after a trip to the ATM, you should be able to be able to buy an ice cream cone, a pack of gum, or anything you want under this arbitrary $9 cutoff.”
lobstah rolls on cape cod don’t look anything like that scrumptious looking one in the picture. how do i know? because i grew up on the cape and real lobster rolls (i.e. from clam shacks not restaurants) look more like tuna salad; small chunks with LOTS of mayo, on an untoasted white trash bun, as daveinbedstuy mentioned.
superstooper…anywhere around Brooklyn you can get fried smelts??? I spent 17 years in Chicago.
I can give you tips on the Cape but haven’t been to Maine in many, many years. The water will be cold up there though.
I disagree the lobster roll at Brooklyn Fish Camp is great. It’s fine but that’s the most praise I can give it. I’d have to suspect if someone loves their roll (and is okay with the insane price tag) they’ve never had one in Menemsha or any of the places where you really get an amazing lobster roll and for under ten bucks at that.
Dave- right. I am from the Michigan and much more about the smoked trout. I am road-tripping to Maine in a week and would love to “eat right” if you have tips.
PLEASE….can anyone tell me the name of any Chinese place that delivers to Bed Stuy where the food is good?? How can all these places be soooo bad???
superstooper…you have to have grown up in the northeast and experienced them in Maine or Cape Cod…the top split, Freihofer white trash buns are de rigeur for a lobster roll.
dittoburg, I played the lobster role in my high school’s production of the Little Mermaid, although I’ve never had a lobster roll (I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist).
Is there anyone else who just doesn’t get the whole delicious lobster in a hot dog bun thing?
The brooklyn fish camp lobster role is great. I didn’t know Fairway was in on the game.